The nominees are spread through all three divisions. Acker, Lucia, McCormack and Ross compete in Division I. Matthews competes in Division II. Guo, Pruden, Slagel and Townsend are in Division III.

The NCAA will now select the top 30, then also pick 3 finalists from each division. Those top 9 then go to the Committee on Women’s Athletics, which will select the overall winner. That winner will be announced at the awards dinner on October 16.

Last year, 3 of the overall top 9 were swimmers or divers: Margo Geer in Division I, Kristin Day in Division II and Supriya Davis in Division III. Day, a diver at Clarion University, was the overall Woman of the Year.

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